About Freedomborn

Thank you for visiting Freedomborn, I’m a Spiritual Child of The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, my name is Anne but some of my friends call me Annie and it is also my Pen name for Poetry, Stories and Humour. Both names come from the Hebrew name Hannah and mean Grace. Children often call me Grannie Annie which I Love and also use with Blogging too and recently a Blogging friend called me Annie Mum, Wow what’s in a Name!

I live in Queensland Australia, I’m a Senior in my Sixties and very much a People person and I always have been. I believe we are all people of worth and unique, so I have much Joy in sharing with people personally and over the Internet.

My Pets have always been very much part of my life even as a Child and I enjoy spending time with them and for sure I spoil them. The M and M’s Stories are on links below.

Mo – Joe is a very intelligent dog and yes he thinks he is boss, I hope he doesn’t mind my telling you that? he is very friendly and good company, his link is below.

Micky Moo, is also a very intelligent dog and loves to play with his plastic Toy Bone which he squeaks, yes non stop if given the chance but Micky Moo has been badly abused and seeks to protect himself if he thinks he is in danger but he is overcoming his fear now and we are good friends and he seems to Trust me although he is still very protective at times, his link is below.

My main focus in life is my wonderful Friendship with Jesus Christ, without Him all else would be meaningless. He is my best Friend and never lets me down and I have deep heartfelt appreciation that I’m a Spiritual Child of The KING of Kings and LORD of Lords, part of His Church, The Bride and The Body of Christ and I seek to share with others how truly wonderful that is with the hope they too will realise the same and will know His Melody in their heart.

Most of the Stories that are posted on my Blog I have collected over many years some have been adapted, or a Christian message added, If you find one of your own Stories here that you have written and sent out on the Internet, I hope you will feel blessed that others are also enjoying your God given creativity and Praising God because of it.

As for my own Original Poems, Stories, words of Love, Hope, Joy and Encouragement, please also feel free to bless others with them if they are changed negatively then they are no longer mine and if you wish to claim them as your own, accept them as a gift but remember they were given freely and are part of Jesus’ Melody in my Heart.

Please remember I’m an Aussie and our spelling is different with some words, like Saviour, Humour, Realise etc.

I believe very much in freely we have received freely we give which means what The Lord has given me is to be shared freely and this includes all of God’s Truth including the wonderful gift of Salvation in Christ Jesus who has set us free …

You are indeed a blessing to me and I give thanks for all of you who visit. I also give thanks for my Brothers and Sisters in The Lord, we are Christ’s Body, His Church and His Bride to reach out to others in His Awesome Name.

Although I do not accept free advertising on my Blogs, Please feel free to share your own thoughts and feelings in Comments and if you have any personal or Theological concerns that are troubling you and you would like to share about in private or if you have something on your mind that just has to be expressed please leave your contact details and I will be in touch.

Or if you have a Prayer need or just want to share any concerns or have questions, please feel free to express them and ask them too in your Comment or on the Link Below…..

Thank you for your uplifting encouragement but when I visited your Blog I noticed that our focus is very differant, so I’m wondering why you visited a Christian Blog but perhaps you believe but don’t know God’s Guidelines which when obeyed give us deep inner Joy , Hope and Peace.

My goal is to share uplifting stories from all types of bloggers to help them get free publicity and reach the right audience. By sharing your story I would be able to connect with the Christian community and hopefully get to learn more myself. May I ask you please, to fill out the short form on this page : http://www.whatyoublogabout.com/contact Thank you in advance ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Because of problems with hacking Whatyoublogabout, I don’t want to give personal details such as my Name, e-mail etc but please feel free to share any of my Post Messages on your Blog and Thank you again for your Kindness in encouraging other Bloggers.

Mrs. Anne, I don’t share personal information, only short stories submitted by Bloggers. If you ever decide to share your blogging story with “What You Blog About” Fans you may do so on this page : http://www.whatyoublogabout.com/contact

As I shared before please feel free to share any of my Post Messages on your Blog but without Alteration of course.

Both my Computers were Hacked recently as well as my Mobile and I still can’t answer Comments on my Blog like I use to before so I need to be extra careful now because even WordPress like with other Bloggers they ain’t helping again to resolve problems even though I pay for their Upgrade which includes help when needed but sadly dishonesty including with Blogging is everywhere today.

But once again Thank you very much for your Kindness -Christian Love Always – Anne (Grannie Annie)

Annie, I just read a little of your conversation with a blogger named Donald John. I was very offended on your behalf. He said some very, very out-of-line and offensive things. Your gracious responses were a blessing. Sadly, I believe his eyes and heart have been darkened.

Thank you Anthony, I’m not sure how you read our Comments as I deleted those that I had originally Posted unless they were put back again which has happened before.

But the ones I didn’t Post from Donald were much worse and very condemning. It’s hard to understand why a Believer hates Woman so much, although our Roles are different we are all One in Christ Jesus, Male and Female and we can both share God’s Truth in the Roles He has given us and as confirmed in Scripture Woman are Precious to God and to be valued greatly not abused but perhaps Donald is hurting, Hurt People Hurt people!

I found your Comment in my Trash Anthony, I have been having problems with WordPress again, someone is using their controls to delete my Comments and Log me off and it is mostly from Sunday to Wednesday Aussie time, it started again tonight all was OK yesterday, whoever it is must be either very evil or Mentally Sick but as we know whatever they do to us they are doing to Jesus and they will be accountable and punished unless they have Heart repentance which we Pray they will as we do for all those in Darkness.

I have now joined up with you again Anthony and will look forward to receiving your Posts.

Very nice to meet you Grannie Annie (my favorite of your monikers)… I found you through a mutual friend Victor. I am so happy to meet other members of the royal family of Christ building the Kingdom. I look forward to reading your blog.

Thank you Keith for Visiting, Commenting and Joining up with Freedomborn but what’s a moniker in the way that you used it ??? it’s a new one for me.

Being Auntie Anne and Grannie Annie to many Children over the years has brought me great Joy but not as much as being Adopted by my Abba Father and also having Jesus as my Spiritual Husband and Best Friend, He knows my Name and took away my Shame, can we ever Stop saying Thanks.

Keith I visited your Blog early this Morning before I was logged on and was very Blessed by your Honesty and Love for those who are hurting because of Addictions. With my being in a Ministry with Ron in Sydney where we use to live, our focus was to also help those who were Addicted. I very much appreciate your need to Minister to them too and I understand fully the pain and Heartache that comes with Addiction.

This is because I too Keith was addicted to Gambling over 27 years ago which messed up my life and other peoples too and in the end nearly lead to Suicide but God delivered me from it and He Miraculously Healed me of two life threatening Conditions too after I was Anointed by an Elder and had True Heart Repentance for the evil I had been doing.

So Thank you again Keith for your willingness to Help others who are greatly hurting and in need and yes our God of Love is the only way to break the chains that bind us.

Thank you for you for caring and for your always genuine selfless heart. May your be blessed as much as you have always blessed me with your spiritual hugs! God bless you and your family Anne! We are one together in Christ!!!!

To be honest Wendell in reference to my recent Comment on your Post, I thought it would be Moderated and only you would see it. I needed to warn you which you will understand why after reading the link.

Thank you Barton for visiting and yes Aussie is beautiful but than so is your Country, God doesn’t make junk even if Man makes it that way.

Thank you for joining up with Freedomborn I hope you will be blessed by it’s focus.

I noticed Barton that you do not reply to Comments on your Blog, to me and I’m sure to others, Blogging is a Conversation not just a one-sided Monolog , it’s not just about what we want to say but what others want to share too and when they do they need to be responded to not just ignored. They are not reading one of your books they are Blogging and if you are Posting your Blogging too.

Hi Annie! Wonderful About page and your furry friends are too adorable ❤ As we talked about before, I am very happy and thankful to have crossed paths with you and your blog. I have been searching for Christian blogs like yours as I walk on my journey with God. It appears you have some wonderful people walking with you on your journey and I am happy to be a part of it! God Bless ❤

Thank you for your Kind Encouragement Cavelle, I’m pleased you liked my furry friends, I just want to share that In the short time we have known each other Cavelle I have come to appreciate your Heart focus which is very much God centered and I also value your Kind and Caring thoughts as shared in your Messages and responses, I can see there not just words to you, they are shown in your actions too as you seek to bring Praise and Glory to God.

I have met many Bloggers over the years Cavelle some are indeed very Special, but yes some come and go too for different reasons. I miss those who no longer Blog but I haven’t forgot their input, I have been greatly blessed by what we have shared together.

Of course there have been problems too as we are warned by Jesus there will be when we make a Stand against evil and share His Truth, there has been Abuse, Slander Backstabbing as well as Victimization and even Hacking but I move on, God always has the Victory.

Thank you again Cavelle I look forward to sharing with you again – Anne.

I enjoy your blog, Anne, and am nominating you for the 3 Qoute, 3 Day Challenge. I was nominated by Mia at The Grizzle Grist Mill (https://thegrizzlegrist.wordpress.com).
The rules of the challenge:
Three quotes for three days.
Three nominees each day (no repetition).
Thank the person who nominated you.
Inform the nominees.

Sorry jonahzsong for the late reply, I do appreciate your kindness in nominating me for the 3 Qoute, 3 Day Challenge but right now I am recovering from an Accident which has made me very behind in my Blogging and so I have been seeking to catch up with the Posts of those who follow me and have commented on my Blog, they are my main priority with Blogging and I don’t want to let them down but I will not forget your kindness and will visit you soon.

I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. You don’t have to do anything with it if you don’t want or already have it. I just wanted to show my appreciation for your putting happiness into my days when I read your blog. Check out your nomination at http://dippingintotheheart.com/sunshine-blogger-award/.

Thank you Joanna for your encouragement with the Sunshine Blogger Award, sorry it has taken me awhile to respond, I wanted to catch up last night with 4 of your Posts that I had saved previously, I hope to do this with others too that I Blog with and than it was bed time in Aussie Land.

Awards are an encouragement, I use to also Create some of them but found with most that I received I didn’t have the time to respond to all the rules but I did use the Link so others could respond if wanted to the Blogger who gave it to me. I will be over to check out your Sunshine Blogger Award sometime today Aussie time.

Thank you again Joanna for thinking of me and God bless you greatly – Anne.

You are indeed gifted Tienny, as an encouragement I would like to share that with being a Granny Annie, I have learnt over the years not to compare myself with others, yes I do seek to improve but we are all unique, what you and I have to offer is different to others but this does not make our gifting inferior.

As an example; being a woman my role is different from a mans but this does not make me less than thy are, we are One in Christ Jesus but I very much appreciate their God given role and I seek to encourage and commend and help them when needed and this is how I feel about other woman and you too. Your gifting Tienny with illustration needed to be commended and we all need encouragement.

My main focus in life is my wonderful Friendship with Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour, without Him all else would be meaningless. He is my Best Friend and never lets me down and I have deep heartfelt appreciation that I’m a Spiritual Child of The King, part of His Church, The Bride, The Body of Christ, who is our KING of Kings and LORD of Lords and I seek to share with others how truly wonderful that is with the hope they too will realize the same and will know His Melody in their heart.

It is your choice Tricia if you want to reject God’s Truth in Scripture, although it’s very sad that you do but yes others have done the same and still do.

As for my understanding of Scripture, with not being Born with it, I have asked God for His wisdom and received it and also His empowering by The Holy Spirit and I don’t doubt that I have received them, those who say I haven’t got them Tricia are also saying they can’t receive them either and that what God tells us in Scripture is a lie.

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get Wisdom and with all thy getting get Understanding

James 1:5-6 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given them. But let them ask in Faith, nothing wavering. For them that wavereth are like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

But the Scripture I shared with you Tricia on your Blog that you deleted needs no interpretation (see below) it states very clearly that we do not continue to Sin when we are Born Again and are Perfected in Love, which we are all to aim for putting our Carnal flesh to death as confirmed in the Scriptures so we can walk as Jesus does (1John2:4-6) as He indwells us and Jesus never Sins, or do you think that He does Tricia ?

1John 3: 1-11 ( 9) No one who is Born of God will Continue to Sin because God’s Seed remains in him he cannot go on Sinning because he has been Born of God. (KJV)

1John 5 18-20 We know that no one who is Born of God Sins but He who was Born of God keeps him and the Evil one does not touch him.
(KJV)

1 John 3: 1-11 ( 6-7 ) Whosoever abideth in Him Sinneth Not: whosoever Sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth Righteousness is Righteous even as He is Righteous. (KJV)

1 John 2:4-6 He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments is a liar and the Truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the Love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to Walk, even as He Walked.(KJV)

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no Condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.(KJV)

John 8:34-36 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who Sins is a slave to Sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.(KJV)

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His Righteousness for the remission of Sins that are Past through the forbearance of God (KJV)

Romans 6:22-23 But now being made free from Sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto Holiness and the end everlasting life. For the wages of Sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.(KJV)

Romans 6 :1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in Sin, that Grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to Sin live any longer therein? (KJV)

Colossians 3:4-6 When Christ, who is your life appears then you also will appear with Him in Glory. Put to death therefore whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these the

Galatians 24 -26 And they that are Christ’s have Crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts if we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another, envying one another.(KJV)

Romans 3:30-31 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Law.(KJV)

2 Timothy 2:20-21 But in a great House there are not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of wood and of earth and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these he shall be a vessel unto honour sanctified and meet for the Master’s use and prepared unto every good work.(KJV)

Daniel 12:10 Many shall be purified and made white and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the Wise shall understand. (KJV)

Please share with me the Scriptures Tricia that confirm that we do go on Sinning when we are Born Again of God’s seed but this time in Context with the rest of the Scriptures, as we know Scripture confirms Scripture, The Old Testament with The New Testament and The New with the Old and both with themselves.

Dear Anne,
I removed your comment and your reply to my reply from my blog post “Overruled” because your “correction of my theology” is only based on your understanding of Scripture, not the Scripture itself.
In Christian love,
Tricia

Tricia it is your choice if you want to reject God’s Truth in Scripture, although it’s very sad that you do but yes others have done the same and still do.

As for my understanding of Scripture, with not being Born with it, I have asked God for His wisdom and received it and also His empowering by The Holy Spirit and I don’t doubt that I have received them, those who say I haven’t got them Tricia are also saying they can’t receive them either and that what God tells us in Scripture is a lie.

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get Wisdom and with all thy getting get Understanding

James 1:5-6 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given them. But let them ask in Faith, nothing wavering. For them that wavereth are like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

But the Scripture I shared with you Tricia on your Blog that you deleted needs no interpretation (see below) it states very clearly that we do not continue to Sin when we are Born Again and are Perfected in Love, which we are all to aim for putting our Carnal flesh to death as confirmed in the Scriptures so we can walk as Jesus does (1John2:4-6) as He indwells us and Jesus never Sins, or do you think that He does Tricia ?

1John 3: 1-11 ( 9) No one who is Born of God will Continue to Sin because God’s Seed remains in him he cannot go on Sinning because he has been Born of God. (KJV)

1John 5 18-20 We know that no one who is Born of God Sins but He who was Born of God keeps him and the Evil one does not touch him.
(KJV)

1 John 3: 1-11 ( 6-7 ) Whosoever abideth in Him Sinneth Not: whosoever Sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth Righteousness is Righteous even as He is Righteous. (KJV)

1 John 2:4-6 He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments is a liar and the Truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the Love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to Walk, even as He Walked.(KJV)

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no Condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.(KJV)

John 8:34-36 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who Sins is a slave to Sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.(KJV)

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His Righteousness for the remission of Sins that are Past through the forbearance of God (KJV)

Romans 6:22-23 But now being made free from Sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto Holiness and the end everlasting life. For the wages of Sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.(KJV)

Romans 6 :1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in Sin, that Grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to Sin live any longer therein? (KJV)

Colossians 3:4-6 When Christ, who is your life appears then you also will appear with Him in Glory. Put to death therefore whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these the

Galatians 24 -26 And they that are Christ’s have Crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts if we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another, envying one another.(KJV)

Romans 3:30-31 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Law.(KJV)

2 Timothy 2:20-21 But in a great House there are not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of wood and of earth and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these he shall be a vessel unto honour sanctified and meet for the Master’s use and prepared unto every good work.(KJV)

Daniel 12:10 Many shall be purified and made white and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the Wise shall understand. (KJV)

Please share with me the Scriptures Tricia that confirm that we do go on Sinning when we are Born Again of God’s seed but this time in Context with the rest of the Scriptures, as we know Scripture confirms Scripture, The Old Testament with The New Testament and The New with the Old and both with themselves.

H Anne–Thank you for visiting cookiecrumbstoliveby and for following along on my life’s adventure–or misadventures depending on the day 🙂
Also I want to thank you for sharing your story of adoption.
I was fortunate that my parents did “claim” me as their own—but in their broken way—as we are all broken to some extent.
I now spend my retired time racing back and forth to Atlanta helping care for my elderly dad and stepmom—which depending on the day, can be a joy or a nightmare—but such is life 🙂
I look forward to reading your posts as we each reside in this amazing Christian family of ours–
much love and a big hug—Julie

It was a Joy to read your messages Julie, I felt one with you in Spirit and was excited about joining up with you, Thank you for following Freedomborn too, I look forward to us sharing together our hearts focus.

Is called finding noah and is based on a research team (archeologist, engineers and biblical scholars) searching for Noah’s ark. I haven’t seen it yet but I heard an interview with one of the producer and it peeked my attention:

Hi Caleb, sorry it took longer to respond to your comments, you have changed your e-mail address so I had to Moderate them. Thanks for the Links, I have checked out Finding Noah, it sounds like it will be very interesting, of course others have claimed they have found the Ark too but it doesn’t really matter if they do or don’t, we know it was a reality because God said it was in Scripture and He doesn’t lie or make up Stories, even Parables are based on Truth but He always tells us if it’s a Parable so we know.

Did you find the Key in Genesis that shows Evolution is not a reality ? it’s surprising how many over look it.

I will check out your other link before I go to bed tonight and get back to you , don’t forget to let let me know when you find the Key in Genesis.

I agree with you that whether or not they find it is not that important in terms of our faith. I also tend to be more on the skeptic side when it comes to findings like this one but nevertheless it looks very interesting documentary and I though you may like to learn a bit more about it.

I haven’t check the Genesis website…I am trying to prioritize my “to do list” 🙂 but I will when I find time.

I wasn’t referring to a Genesis Website Caleb anyway the one I gave you the link for is called Creation Science Today and yes it is very informative and leaves no doubts about Creation as confirmed in Genesis.

What I was referring to though was what I shared on your Blog as copied below…..

Without my telling you what to look for Caleb first pray for God’s leading and than go through the 6 days of Creation as shown in Genesis, just one day at a time and see what was created on each day, than add your billions of years to each day the same as other Christians do who believe in Evolution and see what the result would have been. Read Job too and discover the animals God created that Job could see ? also what shape did God say the World was when they had no Space Rockets or Big Ships? and what did He tell us about D.N.A or than called flesh over 2 thousand years ago when they had no Pathology or any other Scientific way of knowing about it.

I know that you are recovering so you don’t need to do this at all or do it right away. I received the challenge a long time ago and today I couldn’t resist and I did it. I’ve nominated you to take the Freestyle Writing Challenge! To check it out and decide if you’re game, go to:

Good morning Anne, I sent an email last night but it was returned to me. I am heading off to work will be home late again…alot going on this week, anyway pop over to my email. Everything good – another dear lady I know passed on to Glory, small church so I helped out and of coarse there is not enough time in the day to get everything done. 🙂 Will try and be on line tonight.

Strange that your e-mail was returned Patty and why did you comment here and not on our previous conversation ? I have found in the past that using an e-mail address connected to my Blog stopped my e-mails being delivered, if you have the same I would suggest making a new one just for your personal correspondence, the one I gave you is not connected to my Blog, so please respond on the e-mail I send you. I will also phone you when I can.

Sorry to hear about your friend, although we will meet again we still miss them.

I received your e-mail Patty and will write soon, I’m pleased you did not have the same problem I had a few years ago but I did ask a friend to check out my e-mail addresses before I received yours, so I knew it was at your end, no harm it’s resolved now.

One thing I would like to share with you Patty as well as a link that will explain further, I did not start this Blog with the intention that people would follow me exclusively or seek my Spiritual advice instead of Jesus’ when I Post a message I want others to go to Him not just believe me or what others say in opposition to what I share. Jesus tells us He is our only Teacher although as we know there are many false teachers or deceived ones and also disobedient teachers who confuse and deceive others too.

This is why Jesus is our Authority first in all things and He confirms His Truth with the confirmation of Scripture not by amendments to it but He also uses Godly Logic, Reasoning and Discernment but they will also not contradict Scripture, instead they will reveal it’s Truth, unlike fleshy man or woman’s logic, reasoning and discernment which add error.

Thank you too Emily for joining up with us, although it is mostly my Blog now, Ron still comments and supports me or I should say he gets to hear all about my Blogging and those I Blog with but he does offer his thoughts and advice when we are together.

It was late last night Emily when I left a like and followed you and I didn’t have time to read any of your other messages so I waited till I had read a few before I commented on your Blog this morning but I was wondering, do you believe you can foretell the future like Mediums and Clairvoyants do, or do you just share what God reveals to you in your writing?

Thank you Ufuoma for thinking of us but we have already received this Award as you can see on our right sidebar and just as I shared with Caleb, I’m pleased you have now received it too, uplifting encouragement is good and something we can pass on with Awards etc. But like some other Bloggers I do this in different ways now by Spotlighting Bloggers or using Pingbacks, Reblogs and Power points but what ever way we choose to do so, it is good to encourage as long as we are genuine and it’s not just about rules and numbers.

I’m sure you’d received it before. But is there a rule about how many times you can collect an award if you deserve it? I thought you deserved it, as your blog was one of the first to come to mind when I got the nomination! I appreciate all the ways that you encourage me and others too. Have a blessed day!

Most Awards have rules Ufuoma, although I have created some without them but they are more like a Blessing. I did check on the rules of The Very Inspiring Blogger’ Award but like most of the other Awards they have been changed over time, this one originally asked for us to nominate 12 Bloggers than it was changed to 15 and some do much less which means they are not keeping to the rules.

I found in the end Ufuoma after receiving one Award after the other even limiting them to receiving them once only, that I had no time to Post or encourage others when they Posted, so I just linked them and thanked those who gave them to us on their Blogs and on ours, although I did intend to Post them too like I did with the others but I do not believe in giving them to just anyone without personally knowing about them and their Blog, just so I can obey the rules because I’m than claiming something I don’t know about them and this is dishonest.

Also a lot I was originally Blogging with no longer Blog or Blog under a new Identity which is not really showing integrity unless acknowledged, which some do and some don’t, others are new Bloggers who I want to get to know better depending on their responses to me too, I don’t accept one sided Blogging, it is a Conversation and we take an interest in each other and what interests us both in our Ministry for the Lord. I also found Reblogs, Pingbacks and Spotlighting Bloggers as well as creating Power points for them, much more productive in encouraging them because they are more personal but receiving Awards or not receiving them is a choice we all need to make.

Thank you again Ufuoma for thinking about me, I believe you are a very Spirit filled woman so your Blog is very inspiring and based on Scripture, it is also not shallow like some are and if you let me I would be blessed to be able to thank you for your kindness in nominating me for this Award by creating a Power point for you sometime this year , you choose the Focus such as Children, Flowers, Animals, Sunsets etc and the theme Love, Joy, Hope or Peace etc please let me know if wanted and what you have chosen.

Thanks Anne. I understand your explanation. I also appreciate your offer to me. You don’t need to do anything in response to my nomination or anything. However, all acts of kindness are welcome, thank you!

I’d prefer a themed powerpoint about children, because I work with them, and peace, because that’s the meaning of my name! But no expectations or pressure.

I had no choice Sue, I had to join up with you, I was so uplifted and encouraged by your last Post that it was not an option but a necessity, thank you too for your kindness in joining up with us.

I had intended visiting you again this morning Sue and commenting, I wasn’t logged in before so I couldn’t but than I had visitors, I’m now planning to visit before I go to bed tonight and I’m looking forward to sharing with you too, we have some things in common, I too have led many Bible Studies and Christian help Groups but perhaps not with the understanding I have now at least not with all of them.

Anne, What a sweet and thoughtful response. Thank you again! All praise to God! Yes, I can see that we have many things in common. I look forward to more times of sharing with one another. God bless! Sue

Thank you Caleb for thinking of us but we have already received this Award as you can see on our right sidebar. I’m pleased though you have now received it too, uplifting encouragement is good and something we can pass on with Awards etc. But like some other Bloggers I do this in different ways now by using Pingbacks, Reblogs and Power points but what ever way we choose to do so, it is good to encourage as long as we are genuine.

I’m still waiting for you to choose a theme Caleb and focus for your Power point that you agreed would be good for me to create for you, to thank you for your support. I would appreciate you letting me know what they are as it takes a lot of time to collect the Pictures and find appropriate words, although often The Lord does give them to me to share when I’m creating or writing.

Thanks Caleb, I created a Power point about the Solar System for Nick, Ron’s grandson it was my first one, he showed me how to use the settings but it needs updating, so I think I will do this for you and link it back to your Blog, the Theme will be of course God’s Solar Creation, it may take a few weeks as I have others to create too but I won’t forget if I do remind me, I am a Grannie Annie Lol

Sorry Pastor Joe but it seems there was a block on the e-mail address you used, Joy one of my friends had the same problem when she tried to e-mail me this morning. Do you have an e-mail address that is not connected to WordPress in anyway, if so please use it , if not e-mail me using the e-mail address from one of my comments which is WordPress and we will see if it reaches me this time.

Hi Pastor Joe, sorry but it looks like it is at your end this time, my friend Joy put the wrong e-mail address on the first one, the second one I received OK and it was the same with Dollys another friend who sent me an e-mail too and I received it OK.

My Provider said if it was in connection to my service you would have received a reject notification advising of spam, they said the problem sounds like it is something to do with your Provider, or perhaps someone is blocking your e-mail address.

Thank you Robby for your encouragement and for your kindness in offering me this Award and yes for feeling I deserve it too but I have already received this Award before, as you can see on the Right hand side panel, I also have some Awards that still need to be Posted but Awards are no longer a priority for me, although I feel they can be used to encourage others, I now do it in a different way which doesn’t involve a lot of time and work, just acceptance and hopefully thankfulness, we all need to be thankful and express it too.

So once again Thank you for your kindness Robby and I enjoyed visiting you too.

You are welcome-I have a 2nd one of these awards that I need to post today.
I understand your feelings-I struggled with it for a while then I was given a sweet thought as to why to accept-so I did.
God’s Blessings!

I think Awards are good Robby for encouragement but only when given for the right reasons, I have even created them myself but I don’t want to be just another number which I know was not your intention.

But when someone who never comments on my Blog or doesn’t even leave a like and sometimes even ignores my comments on their Blogs, than tells me I’m great or my Blog is, it makes me wonder how genuine they are , when I give Awards you can be sure I know who I’m giving them to and why but as I shared I now prefer to encourage in different ways but I still agree with you, Blogging Awards do indeed have a place.

Thanks for your kind words, Anne.
Though I have been blogging for a while I am only now starting to really try and reach out to fellow bloggers. For the most part, I’ve only responded to someone that responded to me. I am now trying to be proactive in my approach.
Have a great day.
God’s Blessings.

Yes I understand what you are saying Robbie and your right, it is not all about us but it is still about us too, we wouldn’t Blog if we didn’t believe what we shared was worthwhile and God tells us to take an interest in what interest others, meaning what is good of course, Blogging gives us a chance to do this and it is why I respond both ways but those who visit me have priority, they are my True Blogging friends because friendship is a two way street not just a one way dead end, besides I like to read and resound to my friends messages, they are important to me and that’s the same with my other friends e-mails too.

Hi Caleb, I’m pleased you visited , we never did resolve our differences as God asks us to do with the confirmation of Scripture but at least you were always respectful which I have not always found with those who have a different focus from me.

I really value you as a person of worth Caleb and as I shared before, you have a kind and caring heart.

Great to hear from you! Thank you for your kind and loving words! I have been so busy lately, that I haven’t been able to post as often as I used to. I wish that I had more time to keep with my friends in word press! I hope to visit more often :-).

Lately I have been writing some poetry (which was one of the main reasons to start blogging) and reviews from movies (I love going to the movies). Please say hi to Ron! His comments from a while back where very kind and motivational.

Hi Caleb Ron is away in Sydney but when he gets back I will pass on your thanks, he doesn’t have a lot of free time to Blog now but does support me in my Blogging.

Good to hear your writing poetry, it’s a reflective why to express our inner feelings and deep thoughts and sometimes we are led by The Holy Spirit in what we write, my poetry was anointed by God in an amazing way and there was Prophesy in them and Spiritual Truths that I didn’t even know when I wrote them, I have shared some on my Blog but there are more.

Thanks Mary, but as you can see I have already received this Award, although I do believe Awards were meant for encouragement originally, when of course they are given in sincerity, but they are not always received as such and some don’t appreciate them at all, believing they are not honoring God just us but He encourages us to spur one another onto good deed and to do so from the heart.

I have some to Post and may do so when I feel lead but till than I will just link them.

Hi Ada, it’s now Morning in Aussie Land and I just looked at your comment, so I will take the time to respond before duty calls “House work”.

I never agree to disagree, God tells us not to do this it causes division, we are to resolve our differences through the confirmation of Scripture, His Truth, without arguing about man’s fleshy understanding of them but we are to still stand up for Him.

There were no small particles such as; a, it, is, or etc in the original Manuscripts of the Bible, they were added later, God was still taking about graven Images in this Chapter , which means; cut into a desired shape. Pagans did and still do worship graven images and sadly so do some Christians today, they bow down to them and pray to them, Jesus is our only Intercessor.

But we only have to look at the Symbols used in the Tabernacle, such as the Menorah and Pomegranate Images, God does not go against His written word and they are His thoughts, His convictions, so it is not wrong to have images or Pictures etc but it is wrong to worship them.

All things good can be used for evil like the Computer, God gave man intelligence and gifting to Create or to invent as we call it today and yes the Computer is used for good but it is also used for evil. It’s all about our heart focus not the object, it is how we use it and what it means to us that can make it good or bad in God’s eyes.

I have a picture of Jesus and a wooden cross but I do not worship them, they are just a reminder and with many this is the same.

Most Artists see Jesus as beautiful because of His Love for Mankind and yes His heart is very beautiful but outwardly in the flesh of man, the Scriptures tell us He was not pleasant to look at and being a Jew He would have had short short black hair, we are not told He was not allowed to cut it like Samson. In the New Testament God’s guidlines for men are not to have long hair because of it’s feminine symbolism, the same as woman are to have a covering in Worship, which shows their submission but this is not in reference to hats, we are not to shave our heads.

With us it’s our hearts focus that is important to God not what we look like on the outside, although we are to obey His guidelines in all things. Our Bodies are God’s Temple but this is referring to our heart, mind and soul, not the outer shell.

Our Christian convictions must be confirmed in the Scriptures or Creation and not with our own understanding or they will be in error and cause division.

Sister Anne, first I want to say that I do not mean to offend or say this out of anything but Christian love, etc. You are my sister in Christ, and I likewise. I do not want to hurt with words, yet you admonish me to speak. I thank you, again, for caring enough about God’s truth to do this.

I still am convicted of the Scriptures I mentioned. I’m not going to pretend to have all the answers, because I don’t. I’m not going to say the following is my solid argument, but I bring up the time that David ate the shew-bread (it had been forbidden) and when Jesus forgave the adulteress. Perhaps it was to the glory of God, referring to the branches, etc., being made. There’s no other way that I, at this moment with my current knowledge of the Bible, could explain this.

Exodus 20:3 to Exodus 20:5 (of course, I’ve mentioned Exodus 20:4 before) are similar to Deuteronomy 5:7-9, which says this: “Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God…” (Deuteronomy 5:7-9a).

The point that I’m trying to make by this passage is that the Scriptures say do not make a graven image (or the “likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the water beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.” I will come back to this.) and NEITHER are we to worship said graven image or put it before God. (Because, obviously, God is the only God to be worshipped- He is so mighty and wonderful.) In other words, the Scriptures say that making a “graven image” is wrong, and that “graven images” are also worshipped, which is very wrong (of course).

I will admit that the interpretation of whether “graven images” are carved or just simply anything visual. In the other Scriptures talking about “graven images,” many of them use the words “molten” or “carved.” So what about photographs? Well, I believe that they’re molten (because it is made up of something tangible- ink).

You said that our convictions must be confirmed in the Scriptures or in the Creation. I’m not exactly what you mean about Creation. However, I think about our “selfie-taking” society. More often than not, these people take photos to show off themselves. What else do I say?

I don’t have any problem with photos of stuff like rocking chairs, shoes, or non-nature items. I’m not too comfortable with a camera, but I don’t see the Scriptures banning photos like that (unless, of course, you were to literally bow down and worship them or put them in priority before God).

I do not take this lightly (I know you don’t either) and I hope that you don’t think I do. I struggled with accepting it (and still struggle to properly follow it). I prayed about it, and I knew it was wrong. I try my best to obey, even though it can be tempting to do so otherwise, because God has been so good to me and how can I just take His perfect Word lightly?

I would be uncomfortable taking an unnecessary photo of myself, because I would feel very vain. There’s no reason for ME to do so. Other people don’t get that feeling, but I do…which is important as it says in Romans 14.

And you are so right, that even “good” or “innocent” things can be used for evil. The computer is a good example. The phone is a good example. Music is a good example.

I wrote this all in Godly love, and not to offend, create strife, or anything else, Sister. Please do not take it so.

You have not offended me Ada and it was not my wish to offend you but to resolve our differences, although now I feel we do agree on most of what we have both shared. Personally I honestly believe you are a beautiful, Loving Christian Woman, seeking God’s will with all your heart. And I agree with you as I shared, we are not to worship absolutely anything but God as The Father and Son, The Holy Spirit will motivate us to do this and we won’t have to make ourselves, we will want to.

As I confirmed about the Scriptures you shared Ada, when read without the small Particles, God is talking about worshiping graven images of anything in His creation. Pictures are not graven but come through recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.

But yes anything as you said Ada can be used for idolatry and as you mentioned too if anyone worships themselves or others worship them, like Models or Movie and Singing Stars, the Queen , the Pope, the Virgin Mary, Saints, Popular T.V Evangelists or even Bloggers , if they are more important than God and so worshiped, than it’s Idolatry.

Some people earnestly seek after worldly Popularity or even fleshy self – worth but as Christians we don’t have too seek after these things, God’s values us as people of worth already, Jesus died for us and we don’t have to earn His Love or pay for it.

I will leave a link for you Ada about this Truth, the Post also has a video attached with a song that God used to touch my heart when I was an Atheist. God doesn’t need us, He is complete in The Godhead or Trinity as They are called today but He chooses to need us.

No, not at all (I do not believe)! I got the original comment (asking why I visited, etc.) and I even wrote out a response to it. *raising hands* I thought I sent it. What I was saying was perhaps Outlook interfered? I don’t know what happened! I would not ignore you- there’s no reason why. I’m sorry that it’s appeared that way.
I’ve responded to your comment but just in case here’s a shortened version (it got really long):
By my interpretation of Exodus 20:4, I do not believe in making physical likenesses (whether carvings, photographs, drawings, etc.) of “natural elements” (like humans, animals, plants, the sky, etc.). I mention in an old post (probably not perfect but more in depth than what I’m writing now) that I’m not sure if there’d be instances like Drivers’ IDs or School IDs where (modest, serious) pictures might be OK. But definitely not when it is not required do I believe photos are ok. I mean no offense when I say this…it’s my belief and my conviction (Romans 14 says that it is a sin to go against a conviction).
Godly love,
Ada

I will respond Ada to you here in my About with detail about Pictures etc , I hope that is alright with you, I have some shopping to do for the rest of the day but will write a comment before I go to bed, it will appear at the top of the page.

Hi Ada, I have left it a bit late to respond fully now but I was thinking again today about the need to write a Post covering these beliefs and others too, I will pray for God’s leading for next week, I have another message to Post before.

But I will say Ada in reference to Romans 14, our convictions must be based on God’s Truth not just on what we think or what others have told us.

Exodus 20:4 when read in context is in reference to idolatry, for instance, it is alright to have Pictures, we even have them in our Computers, they interact with the programing, otherwise we would just be looking at a blank screen but we don’t do what the Pagans do which is to worship graven images as gods and they do this with animals and even Trees, which they carve and than adorn with their gold and silver but these are not Christmas Trees as some claim but hopefully people don’t bow down and worship them either. Pagans actions show they hate God and love the created things.

There is more I can share Ada about Idolatry and also superstition, legends, folklore and old wives tales but I will do so when I Post about them to save detail here.

I’m so sorry! I thought I had replied! I seriously would not do that (look at the other comment I got on “Photographs” and I hope you’ll see that I’m not lying). Just give me a second to check my Outlook and see if I sent it and it didn’t register, etc. I’ve been having problems with it (I had changed a school password of an account that I’d linked with it and ended deleting then adding it again…pain in my neck!) Again, I would not ignore you and I’m sorry!

I am glad to meet y’all, Sister and Brother! What can I say but that I’ve visited blogs to where they did not give me the peaceful feeling that Christian blogs do, but when I read your About page, there was nothing but peace and love.
Are Monty and Mo Joe lots of fun? I find it funny that I’ve a rooster named Monty 🙂

Hi Sis Ada, so good of you to visit us and thank you for your very kind words, Wow we not only have a new Sister but a Loving one too.

Monty and Mo -Joe are lots of fun as long as they get their own way, which is lots of Love and attention. Monty is the most affectionate dog I have ever had, I’m sure you don’t get from your Monty heaps of licks first thing in the morning and last thing at night and anytime during the day that I’m available but than my Monty does not flap his wings in excitement and give a cockadodly-do to say good Morning either, isn’t God’s creation amazing!

It seems you have missed my Comment on your About Ada, I don’t think like some do that you would deliberately ignore comments, at least you seem to be after reading your comments again to be a very thoughtful person.

But what I’m still not sure of is what you meant by natural photos, are you against Photography or animation and if so why? God has gifted people in many ways but perhaps I’m not understanding your meaning or feelings in this regard.

Hello, I read your comment on Don Charisma’s blog about having an affinity for cloud/nature photos. I love taking photos of clouds as well and would have a few I’d consider spectacular (the veiw, not my skills hehe.) If you are interested, send me ur email on my facebook page and I’ll send you some copies for your portfolio.

Thank you does not seem enough for all the kindness and encouragement you have given to me in your comments Senior Pastor. Your warm and Loving acceptance of me as a person of worth has given me much Joy.

God knows our hearts and what we need most and believe me you are an answer to prayer Senior Pastor, God bless you greatly as you minister to His Children in faithfulness and unconditional and sacrificial Love as you are doing, I know I will learn much from you as Jesus leads me into all understanding by the empowering of The Holy Spirit.

Dear Anne,
allow me to give a little explanation and express my apologies for my negligence. I really, really did not mean to ignore you and assume that your comment is not important. Let me say frankly that I did not realize, or maybe I forgot to reply to your comment. I know and realize that this is all my fault and I promise to myself to more pay attention and be careful. I hope you are not offended or feel neglected. This is a valuable lesson for me to be more cautious. Please forgive me 😦 Thank you for rebuke me in this matter. Many blessing to you.

Dear Anne
Yes I was think the same thing with you. Thank you so much for your understanding and forgiving me. I will try hard to not make oversight again,not only to you but to others blogger as well. Many thanks and blessings to you.

Sorry Karina I must have missed it, I thought the last one was Alexander The Great’s Last 3 Wishes which was on the WordPress Notification that you Liked my Post but I did look for a later Post but it just kept showing this one.

Greetings Anne from the other side of the globe! I have seen your comments on David Work’s blog, and am quite impressed with your enthusiasm for sharing our faith with others and with the effort you put into commenting. Thanks for following Veracity, and thanks for sharing!

Your words are very kind John, thank you , yes I believe very much that God’s Truth is to be shared far and wide and with being an anointed Evangelist under God’s Authority I have great Joy in doing so.

I was also impressed and blessed to read the messages on Veracity and will look forward to returning soon and getting to know you and the others better, I’m not sure yet how many of you there is but so far the messages have touched my heart and impressed me also with their Truth.

It’s bed time in Aussie land so I will see you tomorrow.
Christian Love from both of us – Anne.

Hi, Anne! Thank you so much for your kind words and for visiting me at TMiM. It’s really an honor and a blessing to have been visited by you. I have high respect for people like you who have stood their ground in raising God’s banner. Know that I am with you and Ron in spreading the good news of our Father in heaven and doing great things for His greater glory. I am though at the stage of returning back at the moment. I have been away to look for answers to questions that have pushed me away from loving Him completely. I’m finding it hard to regain how it was before, but I’m trying and praying. You will see this recurring motif in my blog posts. I’d like to believe that we have a God who loves us unconditionally, a Father who will take me for who I am and bless me and cleanse me from my unworthiness. I use to write about my faith here: http://tuningfork181984.blogspot.co.nz/. One day, I should be able to write for Him again. Thanks again. With lots of love, Jake.

Thank you Jack for your Loving reply , it would take a lot of detail to share how I fell into sin but like you not away , I never rejected Jesus, I will leave a link below for you.

God never stops Loving us even if we get trapped in a worldly focus, which leads to fleshy actions and yes we have both done this and many others have too but like the Prodigal son we have both come to our senses and repented and Wow what a welcome home!

Why don’t you feel it like you did before, your feeling guilty and Satan is making sure you do but you are forgiven Jack, you always were, now move forward , step out in faith and tell the world just how much you are Loved. Seek ask and knock and the door will be opened to your completeness, ask for The Holy Spirit and God’s wisdom and than you will know without a doubt, just how much you are Loved by God.

I will visit your old Blog soon Jack, thank you again, I knew you were special, no it was not your message, although I could see you were sincere but I felt it in my heart. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

I spent some time on your Blog Jack, I would like to share a thought with you and ask your feelings about it.

Your Loved one is very close to you but she starts to have questions that she wants answered , others have been saying things and now she has doubts about you and wants to be sure that your for real or if she is wasting her time. You Love her greatly and have all the answers she will ever need and you also know that she will be in danger if she leaves you but you can’t force her to stay, who wants a puppet but it hurts you to think that she will fly away to find her answers because it also means you will be separated and this will hurt you greatly and in the end do a lot of damage. Is it Love to let her go or is it Love to ask her to stay by your side.

It depends actually, but I would be honest to her, Anne! I would give her all the answers even if in turn she will hate me and will choose to leave me. Although probably not if it will only put her in so much danger.

To love is to be honest.
To love is also to let go
and to allow the other person to grow
and find herself in the greater scheme of things.
It is my only hope that someday
she will come back.
For if she does,
then we are truly meant for each other.

God never gives up on us Jack, He knows those who are His from Eternity and He holds on tight, He knows the danger we will be in without Him but if we choose our own fleshy way, He does not force us to stay but it hurts Him to see us suffer and some loose their direction and never find it again. When we fly away to build our own nest, we loose the security and comfort of God’s, we can’t fellowship with Him when we choose to sin.

But God Loves us enough to reason with us to stay, as we see in the Scriptures, He sent Prophets to warn His people, He showed by creation His anger at the wrong they were doing, seeking to warn them not to continue but no one listened to Him and than with there being no other way, He sent Jesus and it caused Him great heartache to see His beloved Son suffer and to also be torn away from Him when Jesus took the penalty for our sins on the cross. We are wise to listen to Him and to His words in Scripture and in our heart.

He tells us not to fly away, not to go into Satan’s Territory, like the Prodigal son did and so he was separated from his father and all his benefits, he lost everything including his feeling of self worth, he was willing to be just like his fathers servants, without any of his birth privileges.

God wants to save us from this Jack, yes He will let us go and so we choose to experience His discipline, which is time out, if He didn’t Love us all would be good and we would feel no loss but He created us to experience loss and to suffer for the wrong we do, meaning we will reap what we sow and this was out of Love for us so we will come to our senses and when we do Wow what a welcome home! but only after our heart repentance, which means turning away from what He calls evil and seeking to do good by the empowering of The Holy Spirit.

What cupboard we choose to come out of will count for Eternity, Satan’s might seem to offer lots of space to be ourselves but it has rusty nails that piece the heart and destroy all the goodness in the soul, God’s offers freedom to be all He created us to be, He offers us Eternal Hope, Joy, Peace and rest.

God’s Love does not willingly let us fly away when it knows we are in danger, to do so is not True Love, it’s Saccharine sweet worldly platitudes that appeals to the flesh….Choose this day who you will serve.

Dear Anne
Thank you so much for reblog my post “Fly Like an Eagle” and also thank you for your powerful Bible verses. I really appreciate what you done to my post. It is great honor. May the God’s word more spread out through your great blog. Thank you and many blessings.
Karina

Anne, I hope you get this. My phone flashes and it looks like it is from you but on WordPress there are no messages in my comments from you since this afternoon. I assume you are trying but they are not delivering or not staying once delivered. It is weird because I see nothing in my spam either.
I have been getting comments from others all evening so I don’t know what to think.
I am sorry for whatever the problem is.

Yes I have been trying to leave a comment A Servant and also responding to yours, on my last Post Wisdom, as you can see with your comments on it.

WordPress must not be sending them through your e-mail or they are also being Blocked again. I noticed strange things when I commented on other Security risks Blogs too but WordPress don’t want to know.

Please contact WordPress yourself A Servant and explain whats happening, they may listen to you.

There could be another option though, since I have just changed Providers and now my Comments are being blocked again as they were before but not on all Blogs, perhaps it’s given this person access again to hack. I have the same main Supplier now as I had than but through a new Provider.

Anyway A Servant , we are to count whatever we go through for The Lord as gain but not meaning we rejoice for what we suffer but that He is with us as we are afflicted by Satan and his followers, God will help us as His Redeemed, beloved Children endure and also ensure that we will have the Victory in Christ Jesus and He will expose those who are seeking to hurt us too and so they will reap what they sow unless they come to heart repentance and so we continue to pray they will see The Light and not remain in darkness but it is their choice God will not force them.

As you can see on your Blog A Servant, I have now Posted my comment, it seems it was being blocked through our Gravatar and my new Hushmail account, both affiliated with WordPress through Google, they also have control of many things that are connected with the Telecommunications World wide, including Mobiles and Land line Phones and are also connected to the Supplier of all the other Providers in Australia, they carry a lot of weight even with our Governments, who bring in laws that do not benefit the Consumer and make it easy for them to be wrongly treated and yes it’s all about Money and Power.

I created a Power point about Money, please click link below if you have time.

I followed you because as a sister in Christ, I was blessed by your testimony, your ministry, and your positive blog here. God bless you and your husband, and your family — grown offspring, and canine variety!:-) In Christ Alone … Carolyn

Thank you Carolyn for your kind thoughts and you too have a very uplifting focus, God bless you greatly in your Ministry for Him, I will return to your Blog soon to thank you for following us and to follow you.

Thank you Limbiley for your kindness both in nominating me and in your words, I hope to action some Awards in the near future, I’m way behind with most, those I would have nominated have disappeared but than there is still you and your very much a person of worth.

Thank you for your kind words Betty and for the return visit, I was thinking about your Thanksgiving Day, we don’t have one in Australia so I thought I would go search and I found you, a pleasant surprise.

Lets keep in touch, I’m not into craft myself but enjoy others creativity with it and I’m sure I will enjoy yours.

Really! No Thanksgiving in Australia. Well it’s nothing more than a holiday of thanks and eating and over stuffing ourselves. Then we do it again on Christmas. I mean the overindulgence. But it’s fun and even better when you have that someone to share it all with.

I read a little about the origins of Thanksgiving Day Betty, on other peoples Blogs and on the Internet, it has a wonderful History, even if forgotten by many, sadly this is the same with Christmas, so many forget the real reason for the season.

I will be starting my Christmas Blog again soon, I hope you will join me, perhaps the sparkle can be put back into Christmas.

My Reader did not have you as followed any longer.
Don’t know what happened there.
I re-followed, so we should be good.
Thank you so much for your comments.
We always need to keep affirming each other.
Be blessed today!

Hi Deborah, I received notification from WordPress that you are following us, thank you we appreciate this . When you just click follow they don’t advice you WordPress told me, you just receive their Posts so sorry to trouble you.

But I would ask WordPress why your reader was not showing you were following us , maybe it’s the same with others.

Thank you Bee for sharing you Story so honestly, as sad as it is we have Hope because you are still able to share, it did not get the better of you.

I deleted my Story here and put it on your Blog, just felt later it would be better.

As you know Bee my Mother has had a stroke, thank you for your prayers, I’m going to Sydney to see her, I leave tomorrow , I’m staying down there from two weeks to a month, I will be in touch when I get back, you will be in my thoughts and Prayers. I’m going to pray for all my Blogging friends on the plane to Sydney and on the return, however the Spirit leads.

Thanks again Bee, I’m still having the same problem with Posting and have not yet heard from WordPress, but I will try again later.

I do appreciate your thoughtfulness Bee but like all Awards I only accept them with the understanding there is no pressure to Post straight away. I have thought about Posting some of the ones I have now a few times but then had problems and now some who I Blogged with and who I knew their focus, no longer Blog and I like to take time to get to know other Bloggers, so when I give Awards they are genuine.

God asks us to take an interest in what interests others, Blogging it is not just about expressing our own thoughts, everything we do in Jesus’ Name is to include others, of course with Blogging we can’t do this with everyone or we wouldn’t sleep or work but I love to respond when I can to those who show they appreciate what I share and visit them too and respond as I read their messages, hoping they know I also appreciate their sharing but I still try to do this with others even if we don’t agree but with just a few words or a thank you, To me Blogging is a conversation it’s not just one sided, like friendship we share together but if not I move on although not always because I want to and sometimes I will even try again, unless there seems to be no point.

Thank you Bee, I always accept Awards because I know they come from a desire to encourage others but I’m having a lot of problems Posting, there is something wrong with my Dashboard that WordPress have not fixed yet, I’m still waiting to hear from them this time, so I’m sorry it may take some time to action this Award and the others too but I can still comment and reply, so I will be in touch.

Hi, Anne. thanks for the last visit. Always a joy hearing from you. You mention about a theme for a power point and I it’ll be amazing to share a world vision with God and his love for us as the center of it all. Can’t wait to see your work. God bless.

Wow that was just what I was thinking Island Traveler, God’s Love gives us all a reason to look ahead with Hope, I grieve when I hear others claim He does evil or allows and agrees with it, He only tolerates it for us, yes He hates sin because it hurts us and His little children suffer too and that hurts Him greatly.

How very blessed your Son is to have you for his daddy, by your example he will be a real man of worth with a foundation in The Lord that won’t crumble, I’m so grateful that you have shared your Love for him and your wife with us but I often think of you and your work as a Nurse and feel you must be tested in your faith as you see people and their Loved ones suffer.

What a wonderful caring man you are to choose an occupation where you are asked to give of yourself all the time. I have a great deal of respect for you dear friend and value your friendship highly, Ron is also thankful for your uplifting comments which I share with him often, thank you.

Thank you for your kindness Bee , sorry I took so long to reply but I have had some problems with the Blog and I’m also on holidays but like with most awards I just link till I have time to Post, I am behind but hope to catch up.

Hi Savannah, thank you, they are indeed precious to us but unlike you I do not have the gift of photography, I found these pictures of look alike dogs on the Internet Mo – Joe keeps changing as his hair grows. I do take great shots of feet and sky and the back of peoples heads and the tails of dogs, Ron is the same, but we both enjoy looking at other peoples Photos and original works of Art, old and new, you can often see a persons heart focus by their gifts and how they share them. I will check out your link today.

Hi Anne,
I was just thinking about you and the trouble you have blogging. What I was thinking about was that yours is the only blog [I Follow about 160] that has “flickery” things on it and that maybe this is why you’re having so many troubles with blogging. Why don’t you start a new blog without all the moving things? See what happens. Just a thought.
love you,
robin

Hi Robin, I know you don’t like Animations but they have nothing to do with the problems I have had or are having. In Australia many use them all the time and I did for years without any problems, my trouble only started when I started this American Blog but I did notice in America as you said that they don’t use Animation much, they seem to prefer pictures on their Blogs, well at least those who I have visited, I use both.

I have to moderate your comments all the time Robin, do you keep changing your e-mail address? I use to do this but I still had problems, I was told it is better to change your password but then it still depends on who is causing the problems.

Not sure if you received my Link, I have found that I don’t receive all the answers to my comments by notification from wordPress, so make sure you look back on past posts.

Thank you Wayne and how nice that you think so but some Awards have a rule that we can only receive it once but like you I think it should be as we feel lead, still whoever created the Award has the right to set the guidlines much the same as God our Creator has guidlines that we are to obey or we mess up but of course we can do our own thing but then it is no longer the Award or God’s direction that we were given, that is why I don’t rush into Posting Awards but I do link back so others can visit their Blog, I have a few waiting that I need to do this with.

I hope it is not too late to wish you two a wonderful New Year. May 2013 bring you more happiness, love, and success. I would like to thank you because you continue following my blog. I hope my short stories and poems do not disappoint and that your visits in there have been a joyful ride.

My subscription went messed up, and now I am resubscribing. Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you. 🙂

Hi Subhan, so good of you to visit us, we have been short of time and so not able to comment as much as we would like but this was mostly because of Blog problems, at least it with me, Ron is very busy with his family and Church commitments but like you we have also changed our e-mail address so we are now joining up with everyone again, I will come and visit you soon and do so again.

It’s very, very hot here, I put the dogs under a cold shower with me, they no doubt think I have lost it… Hmmmm

Pleased you found my comment Subhan but I still can’t leave a Like on your Blog, WordPress told me that it is the Bloggers doing this, more like their own Equipment not working as your Blog is showing it has an error on it, it would be good to let them know.

Thank you Cathy for your kindness, I will come do so personally on your Blog even if I’m prevented from leaving a Like , perhaps a few smilies.

I accept all Awards with gratefulness, as I believe we need to encourage each other in our work for the Lord or even those who need to know Him but I do not promote what they teach.

I also do not accept the pressure that some Awards entail with all their rules but will Post them when I feel lead and follow the rules, and it’s ok with me if others do the same, to me receiving them is a blessing but this year I do hope to post those I have received and not posted.

Hi Anne,
Can you put a “Contact” form on your blog so I can connect to you directly through e-mail?
The “Contact Form” is located as an Icon directly over the “Bold / Italics” icons on a “New Page” writing window (It’s near the icon that looks like a camera). Just put up a New Page and click on the “Forms” icon. A “Contact Form” will be put on the Page and you can write something above or below it – at will. This way we can write to each other directly. Please do this for me, I would love to write back and forth more directly with you. Perhaps you can help me with your Bible understandings.
love to you in Christ,
robin claire

Hi Robin, thank you so much you have touched my heart with your wanting to personally keep in touch with me and I will look forward very much to doing so. My e-mail address is on the notification you receive from WordPress each time I comment, if you can’t find it let me know but I also included it when I contacted you on your Blog a week ago but I will do so again.

Right now I’m limited in how much Blogging I can do but hope that will change soon, I will be focusing on Christmas when I Post over the next few weeks but I was comforted by a Butterfly recently so I will share about that first.

I love your honesty too Anne. Your brute level honesty. There’s a lot of Christians that won’t speak of such things, even though they’ve experienced them. Your honesty gave me a jump start with posting my own history – for all the bloggers to see.

I’m so pleased Robin that I have encouraged you to post your own life Story, it is good that we can be honest in all things, Truth only causes problems when we are in error. I have not finished my Story yet, just my Childhood and Teenage years, my first Marriage was painful with not having any support because of believing God was just made up and a Mother who I thought would not understand, I had no one to turn to and yet looking back I can see Jesus was always close by, how blind we can be.

Thank you Robin and if I’m not cut off again from logging in, I will visit you today and share part of your life Story.

Hi Pastor Joe, we appreciate you visiting and hope all is going well for you in your Ministry and with your family. We have been having a lot of problems with our Blog which wasts a lot of our time and keeps us from Blogging,

Thank you for caring Pastor Joe, I will check your Blog later, perhaps I will be able to share more with you as I’m lead to or Ron will .

I enjoyed my visit with you Pastor Joe, your Testimony is a wonderful assurence of God’s Love for you the same as mine and I’m sure many others, but of course we personally are comforted to know He is always faithful, when He touches our lives in such a powerful way, even if like me we don’t realise it at the time.

I noticed another of your messages Pastor Joe that took my interest and I felt called to comment, but I had to go as I had shopping to do today, I hope to get back to you tomorrow.

Morning, Anne! Your site is always refreshing. Love the video graphics. But I’m here to ask if you know what has happened to Lee Goodall’s site. I attempted to visit it few minutes ago and WordPress says the site has been deleted by the authors. I have a few reblogs from his site which can no longer be accessed. Just curious. I assume he likely has gotten his own domain and/or decided to go with something other than WordPress. Hope he’s okay. I have really enjoyed his kind-hearted discussions of biblical truths. Again, I enjoy your site each time I visit. Have a great day!

Hello my fellow blogger! I just wanted to inform you that I have nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award! Hooray for you! I have done so because you and your blog is an inspiration to me and my ministry. There is no pressure to accept—please visit my blog at http://faith1stministries.com for more details. Congratulations and may God’s best be yours!—Sebastian

Hi Sabastian thank you for your kindness in choosing us and our Blog for this Award it is one we have received before but the rules do not say we cannot receive it again, although as the rules have already been completed we will just add your name and link and post it again.

Be prepared Sabastian to receive another Award from us in the future as you are a very thoughtful and caring man and need to be encouraged and uplifted often so as you continue to bless others you too will be greatly blessed.

Hi savedbygrace, thank you for visiting my Blog home and I’m pleased you like my furry friends, your always welcome to come again. If you would like to continue the conversation that we were having on the other Blog yesterday please feel free to use my Priviate blog or my e-mail address both are listed above, we can go through the Scriptuers that we both shared and tie up the connection that way you will understand more fully our wonderful free gift of Salvation that is shown in our lives by our words and actions.

thanks for the offer. and thanks for this verse you posted on the other site

1 Corinthians 2:9-16
“….The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them?
In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who
is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.”

and I remembered this verse too

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all
without finding fault, and it will be given to him”
– James 1:5

Thats wonderful savedbygrace, I’m praying for you to be greatly blessed, we do indeed need God’s wisdom. As you no doubt know Scripture confirms Scripture which we see again with the verses below, Jesus is telling us because we are His friends will know the things of God.

John 15:14-15 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.(KJV)

Matthew 10:26-28 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops (KJV)

I received your messages and I wanted you to know that I responded via your new email above. I had wrote you the other day from the only email address you and I had chatted from before. I ask that you read it when you get a chance.

God bless you in a that you say and do in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you Jackie for all your encouragment on my Blog I appreciate your kindness and as I said before look forward to sharing more with with you. I’m pleased you like my M and M’s, pets are a gift and a real blessing, see you soon.

Hi Dulcinea how lovely of you to think of me, I haven’t forgotten you, it’s lovely to go on a Blog and see you there, you are always so caring but to be honest, I have not been doing a lot of Blogging, just a few, mainly Posting and answering comments, I had an accident on my Mobility Bike, the brakes gave out, I’m all right but still a bit shook up, I hurt some people, a little boy and two woman, I was in the Supermarket when it happened, we are also having bad storms again and they are constant now so we are preparing for flooding again.

Hi John thank you for your kind words and for the ABC Award, I have received it before but I’m thankful to once again receive it from you , I still haven’t posted a lot of my Awards but will do so when I have enough people, most that I have been blogging with have already received them or don’t accept Awards which of course is their choice.

To me I believe in encouraging others, uplifting them, commending their strengths and things about them that I find special or unique and Ron does the same, maybe he passed it on.

Hi my little sister, so I’m your big sister…. opps missed the comma and wow has that caused a lot of error before today. It did not rain yesterday but it is forecasted for the rest of the week, I have wet throughout my house but it is from the dogs, they won’t go outside with the flooded yards. Ron’s coming tomorrow if he can get through, some roads are now blocked.

I’m still praying we won’t have to evacuate like they warned last year, I decided to stay because they would not take our pets, they were going to use a helicopters to rescue us. I had to make that decision on my own because phone lines were down and all roads were blocked so I had no contact with Ron. I was very calm, many were praying for us but the dogs were very distressed I could not leave them like that alone, thankfully within a few days it stopped raining and the water drained away. Like you Caddo I’m sensitive but in some ways it is a blessing, we are more carful of others feelings and understand when they loose it . No I didn’t visit with Steve often but he was everywhere in the town I lived in, every shop had a picture of him and his family, they are still trying to keep him alive to attract the tourists but it is not the same.

Well my dear Sister Caddo it has stopped raining at least for now so your prayers are answered . Wow I feel so much better, I would not in any way want to hurt you ..true no bull . I will phone you Caddo it would be so good to hear your voice and to share with you a few more of Aussie’s strange wordage, teenagers say… Gee your real sisk and that means your groovy or hip ,If you write to me and give me your phone number I will phone you. I’m on a special phone plan and it does not cost me much as long as I keep within the time allotted but even you and me could not talk that long …or could we??? I’m a bit like my writing, but then I do listen too.

Dearest Anne–Well I feel better too! I’ve been praying since I got your earlier message–wondering what God wants me to do, regarding blogging and comments–how to prevent misunderstandings–or whether that’s just our enemy the devil trying to impede our efforts to serve and glorify God, and love one another. Just about every day I come under attack, and want to give this whole thing up! But I know that can’t be God–only the enemy, wanting to steal my joy! So I’ll continue to pray for wisdom as to what to say in acceptance speeches, and commenting on blogs (the poetry stays as is–if folks have a problem with that, too bad!). You can pray for me too! We’ll pray for each other!!

I wasn’t really serious about us talking by phone, but since that seems to have excited you–maybe I should consider it more seriously (no bull or kidding). It’s possible that I, too, could call you without it being a hardship financially–I’m quite the gabber, though! Talk talk talk!! I can’t post my phone number for obvious reasons–however, if I had an email address for you, I could include it there. If I can’t find your contact info on your blog here, you can email me — caddoveil@comcast.net–Then we can trade info, and figure out if calling will work out or not. I’ll find out more about my phone plan, too.

So glad the rain has stopped for now–is this a seasonal thing, there in Australia? Like monsoon season? I can’t wait to learn more about your homeland, Anne. Thank you for your generous heart toward me–such a huge wonderful gift and blessing to have you as my new sister! God bless you abundantly–take good care of yourself, get some rest! Love, sis Caddo xxxooo

PS–it’s bull RIDING, love–not “fighting” (the bull fighters are the ones who work to protect my boys, if the bull comes after them, when they fall off). You might want to look at the PBR.com website to get familiar with my boys, including Aussie Ben Jones!! He’s so great!!

I’m not so sure Caddo that your not bulling me, meaning kidding, sure looks like the Bull is fighting even if your enjoying yourself, No Bull! meaning for real, just sit back and watch them, they don’t like it one bit but maybe their just being Bull headed, meaning wanting their own way, if so you have hit the Bulls eye, meaning you have got it right! want to keep going or will we leave it there ..Thanks for cluing me up…. bully for you, meaning good on you! It is never my intention to bully you, meaning pressure you, so just say so if you feel it.

Okay, you silly sister–yes, the bulls are fighting the rider and being Bull-headed! No, I don’t feel any pressure–having FUN (even though I have a horrible headache today)! Another Aussie that I loved so much, and miss terribly is Steve Irwin–when I read your “good on you”, it made me think of him!! And the sunflower (on the last award) did, too–did you watch his memorial service on TV? All those sunflowers–all those loving family, friends and fans. God used him to help me a lot when I was sunk in depression.

Hi Caddo so it seems we are resorting to name calling…. I’m a silly sister am I, that’s a lot of Bull dust, don’t you realise what you think about others critically you are really saying about yourself, it’s like looking in a mirror, I don’t think you are at all silly even if you think you are.

Love you my beautiful sister, don’t forget your phone number so I can phone you. Annie

I lived 5 minutes from Steve, his wife was a Christian but Steve wasn’t but we don’t know what happened at the point of death, so we can’t ever judge.

Oh WOW–you lived so close to the Irwins? So, did you know them well and get to see them a lot? I kind of wondered about their faith, or lack of. Didn’t think Steve was saved, which seemed sad for the obvious reason–but also because he was just such a Good man (which we know isn’t enough, but it’s hard–maybe I’m not being clear: if someone is really a monster, and not saved, then it makes more sense somehow to me…). It’s possible the Lord grabbed him at the moment before death–I sure hope…

Now I recognize that you’re teasing me–about the name-calling, silly sister stuff–but you’re right: what we notice critically in others, is often a mirror of our own attitudes–I’m guilty. I tell myself I’m silly when I’m being overly-sensitive to stuff (defensive over trivial things) or when I’m trying to joke around to keep from being too-serious.

I think I’ll try to find a web article on Aussie “language”–so I can study up on how to talk like you! And yes, checking out the phone plan is on my to-do list–will get back to you about that. I need to find out the time difference too–it’s pretty big, isn’t it?

It was really interesting to read that you’ve been blogging quite a while in Australia–before “here” (wherever that is–I’ve got blogger friends from all over now!)–and some of the difference in styles and such. Anyway, I just rolled out of bed–need to get dressed and do an errand before I get to stuck to my computer chair!

Dearest sister Anne– I’m writing this over here, in hopes you’ll get it easier/earlier than if I put it in reply to your comments on my blog. For goodness sake’s, my much-loved sister–stop worrying so much! You know the problem with emails, or these blog comment boxes, is that we often have to guess at what people mean and how they’re feeling when they say something. In truth, we are strangers, so we don’t know each other’s sense of humor–and can’t read their faces as they’re writing to us. I’ve run into this problem a few times of late–and I feel so bad, because I certainly don’t want people to misunderstand me, and think I’m being critical or acting offended. AND I’m equally “sensitive”–or “guilty” of misunderstanding what someone has written.

I honestly believe the blogging community–particularly those of us who are believers–would never intentionally cause any hurt. I know I don’t–and I know you don’t, so stop fretting, dear heart. And the cultural differences make for something new and fun to learn about–I can’t wait to read the post about blogging Aussie style!! (I’m working on a short story right now, so it’s going to have to wait a bit…)

Too bad I can’t call you on the phone so you could hear my voice–my joyful laughter–as I say, “don’t fret anymore, now, y’ hear”. Maybe Aussie’s say, “no worries, mate”?? You and I are spirit-sisters forever–we don’t even need awards to share how much love we have for each other, and for the Lord.

In my comment, which apparently set you to worrying–about bull riders, and “no bull”–I was referring to my love for my boys, the bull riders, who God used so powerfully in my life to teach me some great lessons. And one of our blog sisters suggested I think about doing a post on that–telling the lessons I’d learned from them. So, hopefully, I’ll have time and creativity to write that post before too long. So, me saying “no bull”–meant, I think, the same as you–that I’m not kidding about the lessons, and my intentions to write about them.

Are we okay now, Anne? Let me know if I can explain it better. And I’m so sorry about the flooding–I’m sure that makes you very anxious, and keeps you from getting good rest. I’m praying that you will be alright, okay? Much much love, your sister Caddo!!

Hey, that’s fine. I’m sometimes confused as to where I’ve left off with commenting and such. I’ve suddenly discovered so many new sisters and brothers in Christ here and am overjoyed! I saw your commeent and you have my blessing!

I am nominating YOU for a Candle Lighter Award. It may not be the first you’ve receieved and is sure not to be the last, but you are a blessing and you reflect His light beautifully, so I am happy to be able to give this to you!

Hi, Anne! I’m sorry but I’m confused. There’s either a comment or an email I missed. I’m not sure what it is I’m to let you know and don’t recall a conversation about my powm or a Power Point. I’m sure we’re cool, just don’t know what you’re asking. Please let me know when you’ve a moment. Sorry for the mixup. In His Amazing Love, Martha

Hi Caddo you sure have an good impact on others, in the short time we have known each other I have been really blessed and had a good laugh or two or three or four. Yes I think you would have a ball if we were face to face, it seems we even have the same off beat focus where it comes to humour . Do you have an Uncle Bob ? every one keeps saying to me… Bob’s your Uncle! and I don’t have an Uncle Bob?????

We are flooding at the moment where I live, they have warned us that it could be worse then last year, so I may be floating by soon on my bed but seriously it is a worry, many homes were lost last year but thankfully not as many lives as expected. One day at a time…today both my front and back yards are flooded and water is lapping at both back doors we may have to evacuate… One day at a time.Take care I will try to stay in touch.

Dear Caddo you are a blessing to me my dear Sister, my arms are wrapped around you three times one Hug is not enough. God is Love and He brings His Loved ones together, you will always be welcome in my Blog Home and in my Home in Australia and please be assured you are very much in my Heart Home, we are family we are one.

Dearest Anne–Oh, how I feel that “3 times wrapped around hug”–and give it back to you twice!! I can’t even imagine traveling to Australia to visit you–wouldn’t that be a fun miracle?! I wanted to thank you again for the beautiful blessing/award King of Kings Friendship–I’m still reeling from the JOY and thanksgiving! And I so loved your “theater story”!! I think you and I would have a laugh-fest, as we probably have a similar sense of humor–and we deserve it, since life wasn’t a smooth ride in the early years! But God makes everything right and beautiful–He wastes not one sad day or lost hour. He’s so good to us–especially to bring us together this way–hallelujah to our great King! God bless you richly this day–you and that big koala bear, Ron!

Hi to my new Aussie Sister Anne!! You have made me the happiest girl in the world today–seriously!!!! I got up this morning and found that you had given me the King of Kings Friendship Award–and I started jumping up and down! This is the only one I really really really wanted–it means so much to me, more than all the others! Thank you thank you thank you!!! How special that it would come to me from all the way around the world! So, really the world is not so big after all–I’m sending you a gigantic HUG, bunches of LOVE from this sister. God bless you so much for persevering in your life–coming through the really tough stuff–to get to this glorious place of fellowship with our Lord and so many wonderful sisters and brothers here in “Blogville”!! Let’s do stay in touch!!

Oh, thnks! Our dear sister slipped me into the nomination pool as well! What a lovely thing these awards are. They are at once both a blessing and an opportunity – not unlike our commission as the body of Christ!
In His Amazing Love, Martha

Its ok Martha I will nominate you for both, the Candle and the 7×7 you have already received you will be listed for those too when I post, don’t forget you need to follow the regulations of the ones that have them or your not elagiable to receive them, but I’m going to share a way to do that but have less pressure – Christian Love Anne

Thank you! I am working up lists of nominees for Candle and Reader Appreciation which I will edit and add to the post – just popped the post on so I could link it to those who nominated me. The 7 x 7 is a bigger project and might be tomorrow before I get that one officially posted. Weeee – fun fun fun!

Hi Sebastian I appreciate that you feel I have been an inspiration to you, I’m sure we could thankfully say that about most we Blog with but then with God as our focus how can it be any other way.

Thank you for offering me the Versatile Blogger Award but to be honest I was going to offer it to you, but will offer you a few other Awards instead they don’t have as much detail but are very good.

I think it is wonderful that we have these awards to encourage and uplift others but I think they can be a bit rushed we need time to nominate others, anyway I will be over to visit soon and thank you for thinking of me.

Hello Anne…I just wanted to personally thank you for being an inspiration to me and my blogging aspirations! With that said, I wanted to let you know that I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! You can check out the details on my blog at http://faith1stministries.wordpress.com . CONGRATULATIONS!!

Oh, this is so lovely–as are you and your husband–this is my first visit, so “very nice to meet you, sister!”. Will bookmark this so I can find you later (it’s late & I should be in bed!). Much love to you, bunches of hugs–God bless you abundantly!!

Hi Caddo and you are also very special as I found out when I visited you at your Home Blog today, thank you for your kind uplifting words and your warm and caring heart and one Big (((Hug))) to you too – Christian Love Anne.

Hi Martha, yes there are times that because of life circumstances we battle but it is not God who brings these battles or who causes us to suffer and have hardship. God is Love and can do no evil, we ourselves, others or because we lives in a fallen world controlled by Satan do indeed suffer. It is not a weakness or sin to cry or grieve, Jesus was known as a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and He cried, He was real He did not wear a mask. Tears like laughter are a gift from God to help us heal and even with tears in our eyes we can have God’s deep Joy in our heart. I have been through some very violent Storms in my life and the Lord helped me and now I have His wonderful Truth to hold onto too… I will share some with you, but if you would like to share more in privacy please feel to use the link below shiningbrightlights but you are also welcome to continue here if wanted …

Lamentations 3: 33 For He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

Isaiah 43:1-3 – Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.”

Jeremiah 29 :11-12 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Thanks! Jeremiah 29:11-13 is one I hang onto a lot. I am in need of provision and i know He has a plan. I appreciate prayer support to be sure I hear what He is revealing to me so that I can walk in faith on the right path. Thanks for your wonderful reply here. I so appreciate it. IHS, Martha

How delightful it is to be welcomed as a child of the King of Kings! So life giving. My dear priest, Fr Rick, comforted me a while back when I was feeling very low and full of self doubt. I was then and am now facing a challenge that I can’t seem to rremedy and was full of feelings of having somehow failed. His reminder that I am a daughter of the King of Kings was so uplifting to me. I don’t understand why I still face the need I’m facing and worry about my ability to care for those I must care for, yet I know God has a purpose in it and so when my weakness as a human brings worry, He restores with with His peace and love! Growing pains – His plan for our lives is always best and His timing is perfect!

Thank you Jeane I will be posting all my Awards next week but with a difference as you will see, I love the Candle lighting Award because Like The King of Kings Friendship Award it can be given and received unlimited times, it’s a great encouragement and your very kind to offer it to me.

Hello Anne…thank you for following my blog at Faith1st Ministry. I hope it has and will continue to be a major blessing in your life as you continue to write and blog. Reading your blog and making contact with you has already been a major blessing for me! Please continue with us on this journey and remember to have Faith 1st.

Thank you Sebastian for your very kind words and they are also my words for you and your wife in your Ministry of Love and encouragement to others. Just knowing that there was a helping hand meant a lot to me and that your prayers were offered with Love and acceptance – Thank you so much.

Hi Joshua I’m sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your kind offer of the Kreativ Blogger Award, I have had to make some major changes to my Blog and now have my husband Ron helping me. I have already received this Award and believe you can only receive it once, but because of the problems with my Blog have not posted it yet.

I was going to nominate you for it, but instead I will talk to you about another Award that is very differant, no rules etc I hope you like it, I will let you know next comment. But if you like Awards Joshua and they are a great way to encourage other Bloggers and to meet new ones, I have other Awards that need people who are interested in receiving them and your a very uplifting writer so I would have no hesitation in nominating you for them.

Hey Anne, I see your delema with awards, just want to let you know that I have nominated you for the “Sunshine Award” You have been and inspiration and if you don’t want to re- post the reward etc. I understand . At least it will bring traffic to your site. Thank you for your support and inspiration. ~Franny
Hello, I love to come and travel with you. It is so relaxing and takes me to places I would never get to visit. I have nominated you for the “Sunshine Award” Please follow the link to your nomination. ~Frannyhttp://oregonsmiles.wordpress.com/

Hi Franny for some reason your comment is not on top, anyway I found you, as I shared on your Blog I thank you very much for your kindness and your understanding in that I need to have time to fufil the Award rules. I believe if I accept an Award then I need to respect the person who created it and comply with they have asked but I need time to do so which they don’t rule against. What I now do is attach the symbol so others know I have it for those Awards you can only receive once and then post later, the others I will post straight away unless I want to present it to others as a blessing.

Hey Anne!
Thanks for commenting on my blog with the encouragement of Romans 8:28 – That too is one of my favourite verses that has kept me from falling in the deep end many times. I am enjoying your blog and also reading a fellow Australian, Don’t seem to find many Aussie Christian Bloggers. As a 19y/oi appreciate your wisdom and encouragement, Keep going strong for the Lord.
Yours In Christ
Nicole

Dear Nicole, thank you, how wonderful to receive your encouragement on my Blog today, it’s my Birthday and I feel it is a beautiful gift that I can also thank God for. When I read a few of your messages, I felt what a very passionate and focused young woman for the Lord you are, I was blessed to see your heart focus.

I have only had my Blog for 3 mths but have been commenting on other peoples Blogs for a long time.I’m disabled and so I have more time then most to blog, I have met bloggers from all over the world but mostly Americans, I’m now seeking to connect with Australian Christian Bloggers again.

Thank you again Nicole, Christian Love Anne.

Sorry Nicole but I don’t know why your blog is rejecting this comment, I had no problem the first time with the URL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Anne! Thank you for being a good friend to me as we have come to know each other. May the blessings of the Lord rain down from heaven upon you. In abundance, all things you set your mind to do in Christ Jesus be done.

And many blessings to you too my dear friend Terra you have been there for me through the good and bad, thank you for your faithfulness shown in words and actions I look forard to sharing again in the days to come.

It’s Christmas day in Australia and I feel very blessed although I never doubt God’s Love the Letter from Anne reassured me He is holding my hand, we are indeed blessed Terra.

Hi Anne
I have read a few of your posts. We have a few things in common but the greatest of these is our love for our Saviour and our desire for all to know, love and serve Him. I will be visiting here again when I have more time.

Hi Angela, yes we have a lot in common, as you have my e-mail address, I would love to hear from you, of course I don’t know were you live but perhaps it is close to me at least we are in the same time zone.

I have been also greatly encouraged reading the posts on your Blog and the comments you have left on mine … my life Story up till now isn’t finished yet, but the first part is in the Link below.

God bless you greatly in your Ministry to the hurting and abused, I’m going to post a few life Stories for you to enjoy as a gift, hopefully by the week-end and then I will post the links on your Blog, thank you Angela so much for your Honesty and Love for others.

Hi Anne, I just found you through another Blog. I have only been blogging since July. It will get easier. It is really nice meeting new people along the way. Praying for God’s blessings on you and your site, that you will grow in this new world and reach people for Him. If you have questions, I am at http://drusillamott.wordpress.com.

Thank you Dru, you are indeed a blessing to me I appreciate all your help , encouragement and support, I look very much to sharing with you more, up to now I have greatly enjoyed your posts, God bless you greatly Annie.

I saw your post in the forum. It’s easy. You should start your topic to something which you really know about; where you can give lots of info, and share about many things regarding your topic. I was also new here, and started first day of Sept. i was like you don’t know where to start, but as long as you know what you are writing about, it will be easy for you to get another one for next time. It will takes time until you will have readers, its not like.; you post today and you will have many readers the following days.. It can take months or weeks to finally have few readers or subscribers to your blog. What you must do is to just write and write many topics as you can, post it, and readers will soon know that your blog exist.. Just enjoy what you are doing, give update to your blog. Best of luck.! 🙂

Sorry Anika this is a bit late coming but I just worked out how to reply so you receive it ….

Thank you Anicka, I appreciate your advice very much, Bloging is still all very new to me and to be honest I’m a bit confused but like I do with you I also appreciate Dunia’s help too, your kindness shows you care about others and value them as people of worth.

Good to hear from you again Anicka we have lost touch but thank you for nominating me for the Versatile Blog Award but as you can see I already have this Award although I have yet to Post it but will do so in the near future… how did you go with the Awards I nominated you for, I must check your Blog again, sorry that I have not done so before although I did for a few weeks but as I believe we should not have pressure with them I thought like me you would post them later perhaps you have I will check again.

I was told that we can only receive this Award once by another Blogger the same as some other Awards but I’m not sure if this is true now because I can’t see where it tells us this in the rules I never checked them before I didn’t know you could, I just believed this Blogger as she was telling others the same thing, perhaps she believed it was true.

But when I do Post this Award I will also thank you for nominating me and nominate you again